Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-12-15
Woman's Sphere.

YES" says Betsey, ''mcn do admire
10 have wimmen clin9ing' TO EN-, like
vine to a stately tree. and It is indeed
a sweet view"
so lis" SAWS |. Il never was much
of Ginger myself. Still, if females
want to cling, haint no objection.
But" says / in reasonable tones, las
| have said more'n = hundred times,
it men think that wimmen are obleeg-
ed to lie vines, they ough, 10 feel obleeS-
ed to make trees Of themselves. Tor
'em to run up on. But they wont;
some of EN-. they will not be frees,
they seem to he sot against it. And
Us have said. what if u vine halnt no
tree convenient 10 cling to. Or II she
has, what if tie tree she clings to hap
pens 10 fall. through Inherent rotten
ness at the core. thuudrr and lightnin
or etcete,y? If the string breaks.
what is to become of the creeper, II 1t
can't do pothin but creep Says !,
1T is all well enough for rich woman
to set in velvet gown with her feet on
the warm hearth and wonder what
makes the poor drunkard's wife down
in the street shiver. Let her be out
once with her bare feet in the show,
and she'd find out. 1t haint the rich,
happy. comfortable clingers | am talk
in in behalf of, but the poor shivcrcrs
outside who haiut nothin' To cliug 10.
'Womcu's spear began Betsey.
"Women's spcah :" says /. interrupt
in her ID majestic tore before which
Bctsey quailed imperccptibly. "Wo-
men 5 sphere is where she can do the
most good II God had meant that
wimmen should be nothin' but mems
shadde,s. He would have made costs
and fautoms of EN- at once. But hay
in made 'em flesh and blood. with
brains and souls, | believe He meant
'em 10 be used to the best advan-
tage."
/ Josiah Aliens wife" says Betsey.
/ II think your views are uronleou- We
/ cannot tiiuk alike about cIingiu. We
| also differ in our views about caurk-
uses. When consider that 'lecti"ns
and caurkusscs come once cNerl year.
/ ltlcD GolItS Bblllt NV NbititisB i''H''
how wcarin' it would be for a female
TO drop all her domestic labors aud
be present at them. josiah Alleu's
wife. let US slosen the case; sposcn =
woman is a-washin' buttah, how could
she leave this labor to ." and vote:
Says |, with so impatient gesture
that | broke off a thread and had to tie
il Oh agin '.loI are gnin' o.cr the
same old ground a.ia u woman'e
Time" SAYS |, Nv Immcn can drop
all their domestic labnrs and z" t."
| tairs-town fairs aud cuuutt tIlrs ana
State fairs If she can get to ems. ~"
will be on the ground in tune l. see 'hr
first punk,n and bcdquiit earned ga t"
II. and lie viii say 10 see The iA>t
hy. = i.ot >hc can Gui tinr iHr pc
INC and pleasure rNrnr~ion- ami "cir-
hr:l-ian- und Fourth at july, iaat la~t
all d.,I and !: v"uil Wake about hail.
minute 10 vote. l;h. says |. m
the mos, grand AND Noble tome i.at
used vet. men hAiut took bN t.. c'in-
collar aud dragg Il "iG To cauthu,ses
and l,ctions they don 90 unless they
are a mind to. and don't suppose
nimmen would be- drove there like 4
flock OF .hcep They wouldn't want
To- q. ouls when some grc"t law "Hs
up concerning right and wrong. OF hti
oon in;riu-ick interests, a giyin
tnoihcr equal right t. her ch'.'ir"o.
night she earnt naturally q dre.' God
himself stamped with the great seals of
fear aud agony Or beiu' taxed with
out representation. mich breaks the
Old Constitution right into IA the middle
every time II IS done. OR conrernju
cq1a! pay for equal labor. s'pn>r
every female clerk and teacher and
operator. who have hal starved on
tie same work, Mo..ld bc "a maud
Likewise concerning Temperance. |
spusc every druakard's wife and moth
er aud girl would 90 10 the pole,
that could get there. Poor things
under the Legislator they have "ujoyci
the ris:tt of suilrtin' ,po,cn i, lei, en-
enjoy the right Ut sutiragin' spell.
Mebhe they would tud II as easy il not
easier from Ny Opinions and H,t-
s.y Bobbsts."